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Venue: Philips Arena, Atlanta - A huge stadium (accommodates over 25k people). The lights were awesome. Excellent laser work as they move in complete harmony with the music. The crowd was crazy - a mosh pit going on at any given point in time.
But above all, the sound!... the sound was ecstatic. Everything was very very very loud, but very clear as well. I heard every note on the solo in Master of Puppets..... and that's saying something what with the crazy riff and the drums......
Hetfield was better than I had imagined, all doubts about his voice vanished when he nailed both Master and Sad But True. At one point in Master of Puppets, I felt like throwing myself onto the crowd in front.
It was a revelation in how shows ought to be done. I enjoyed the show more than I did for DT and Roger Waters...... which is saying something tantamount to, Suzuki Maruti 800 outraces a Ferrari..... but its true nevertheless.
Not having heard these songs for more than a couple of years now, I was not ready for the assualt that they launched on us in there. It was like they had hold of you by your collar, and where shouting in your face
"Listen #$@#$@%%$! Listen to us! We're $#^#%#$ Metallica!!!"
You can ignore this band on your Ipod list with the usual banter of "they're old school" or "the same stuff again" or "not a hard rock band anymore"...... but, on stage, they are in your face, and are so damn real and the music is so influential that all your misgivings are swept away, and for weeks, then onwards, you find yourself head banging on your way home from work to the entrance of a sandman.....
The setlist for the show was:
- That Was Just Your Life
- The End Of The Line
- Ride The Lightning
- No Remorse
- One
- Broken, Beat And Scarred
- Cyanide
- Sad But True
- Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
- All Nightmare Long
- The Day That Never Comes
- Master Of Puppets
- Blackened
- Nothing Else Matters
- Enter Sandman
- Last Caress (Misfits cover)
- Hit The Lights
- Seek & Destroy
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"head banging on your way home from work to the entrance of a sandman....."
WTF !!
the song is called enter sandman....
I know. I saw them live too, and like you said, they were kickass!
Weeks before the concert I had started watching all their live gigs, and my iPod had only Metallica on it, but the constant buzz was that James has lost his voice. Understadably, I too was somewhat anxious about how Hettfield was gonna sound, but damn! He nailed every one of them. Moreover, the sudden surge of adrenalin you get when Hettfield looks at you straight in the eye while For Whom The Bell Tolls (I was in the second row :)....omg, absolutely ineffable! I've seen Dream Theater live also, but Hettfield's stage presence just completely blows everything else out of the freakin water!
My favorite songs(live): For Whom The Bell Tolls(because of the incredible Hettfield-crowd chemistry), Enter Sandman(awesome song..and the fireworks towards the end of the song, when they all stop for a moment and then resume again..omg! render even the most loquacious type speechless!), One(this is just beautiful)
My only regret: He(James) threw a plectrum right at me, and it just @#$#@ bounced off my palm. Effing shit!
@DMB: I totally empathize with your regret at the loss of the pick... where did u see Metallica man?
I saw em in Stockholm. One of the best concerts I've ever had the chance to attend.
But you know what, I was eating at this cafeteria yesterday, when I had the chance to see something that, believe it or not, blew Metallica out of the water.
Only a couple of weeks ago a cat that frequents the cafe had given birth to 2 kittens - white and brown fur-balls, about 6 inches in height. The day I speak of, I saw them all sleeping, clinging to each other like, er, gum does to your shoe-sole, under my table. And, although I pride myself on being a dog-person, watching the little devils stirring in their sleep, probably fighting gargantuan dragons with their tiny paws, left me feeling that all's right with the world - except, of course, Obama winning that Nobel, what?. I mean, just imagine one Mommy Kitty, and two young Kitties ensconced in her lap, purring away to glory, and you'll know what I'm talking about. Damn. I wish I had a cat.
Do you have a pet, Mukul?
Unfortunately DMB, I do not have a pet. My sister does have a cat. Far from the cute encounters that you're having, that one is all black with grey eyes.... So, I've had some experience with cats, but let me tell you, Metallica is surely better at thrash .. :P
So are Swedish? what are you doing in Stockholm?
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